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Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:26 pm to cfish140
I hope the Saints go 1-15.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:34 pm to Tigerpride18
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Dude, the sec and big ten arent playing now. I guarantee you that you would be just as uninterested in cfb under those circumstances no matter what.
WTF does this post even mean? I've attended LSU football games for over 50 years. I have missed 10 games in all those years. Most of those I missed were 2016 after the flood when friends would give up their Saturday's to help me in the restoration of my home. Felt like a good idea that I should be here to help them, and not out at LSU.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:46 pm to atltiger6487
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I'll watch, but with very little emotional engagement. This isn't a real season.
You should watch without much emotional engagement anyway. It isnt normal for grown men to attach their emotional identity to ANY sports team. Believe it or not it's possible to really enjoy watching and follow the team without emotionally investing your identity
This post was edited on 9/14/20 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:49 pm to vjp819
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WTF does this post even mean? I've attended LSU football games for over 50 years. I have missed 10 games in all those years. Most of those I missed were 2016 after the flood when friends would give up their Saturday's to help me in the restoration of my home. Felt like a good idea that I should be here to help them, and not out at LSU.
In his defense, you stated in your comment that it felt like a season of exhibition games, and made no mention of anything about helping out friends.
It sounded like you were disinterested because of the shortened season/few fans/some conferences not playing issue, by saying it felt like a season of exhibition games. I'm not sure how anyone was supposed to glean anything else from what you said.
As for me, I don't feel like the games don't count, but it's hard to be as excited when I see all of the covid overreaction in sports. It makes me wonder if/when the season will just suddenly be canceled for no real reason, other than politics.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:58 pm to Ebbandflow
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You should watch without much emotional engagement anyway. It isnt normal for grown men to attach their emotional identity to ANY sports team. Believe it or not it's possible to really enjoy watching and follow the team this afternoon emotionally investing your identity
Being emotionally "involved" and attaching one's emotional "identity" to a sports team are two very different things.
Being emotionally invested is VERY normal among sports fans. It's the only thing outside of betting that gives sports ANY meaning for fans. And even bettors are emotionally invested, because they have something tangible riding on it.
Attaching an identity to it means you pretty much live vicariously through your team. I, for one, get very amped up during games, but when it's over, I resume my normal life, unaffected. There are some people who are abnormally attached and emotionally affected by their team, but to paint everyone with that brush is not really fair.
This post was edited on 9/14/20 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:59 pm to Metaloctopus
I can certainly agree with you on all your points. There has been to much political input into sports this year, and it's the root of a lot of the loss of interest. I hope all of that ends in November with the election. Since most, if not all of what has been going on is because of the election. It's not something that should be tied into a sport that so many American's look forward to each year.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 11:05 pm to vjp819
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I can certainly agree with you on all your points. There has been to much political input into sports this year, and it's the root of a lot of the loss of interest. I hope all of that ends in November with the election. Since most, if not all of what has been going on is because of the election. It's not something that should be tied into a sport that so many American's look forward to each year.
Agreed... I'm not sure if it will change immediately after the election, if the people pushing all of these politics into everything don't get the result they want. But hopefully fan pressure will force colleges and organizations to the realization that they cannot continue this if they want to survive.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 11:08 pm to Metaloctopus
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Being emotionally "involved" and attaching one's emotional "identity" to a sports team are two very different things.
Being emotionally invested is VERY normal among sports fans. It's the only thing outside of betting that gives sports ANY meaning for fans. And even bettors are emotionally invested, because they have something tangible riding on it.
Attaching an identity to it means you pretty much live vicariously through your team. I, for one, get very amped up during games, but when it's over, I resume my normal life, unaffected. There are some people who are abnormally attached and emotionally affected by their team, but to paint everyone with that brush is not really fair.
Those are a lot of words just to say that you agree with me lol. I am the same way when the game is over. After about 15 or 20 minutes I'm completely fine because I didn't invest that much emotionally. To be honest I think most of the joy for me is watching Evolution overcome adversity. You put up a set of challenges and then you want to see something rise to the occasion have you better than it's ever been before. I would honestly say that most of the people on these message boards and most fans in general go a little too far. Their identity starts become intertwined and they start doing things like swearing off watching football all together because someone made a statement that they don't like and they feel especially disappointed and something for emotional reasons.
Obviously specific cases slim different directions and there is a gradient scale to it. I don't know how you got that I was painting everyone with a broad brush. I honestly think the break in routine is going to show a lot of people that's really just a game and being in a ship mood for a week because your team lost is dumb just like it's dumb if you find out they have different political beliefs than you. Get where I'm going with this?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 12:11 am to Ebbandflow
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Those are a lot of words just to say that you agree with me lol.
I agree with the principle of not over-investing, but I didn't agree with you calling someone else's emotional investment an emotional identity. As I stated, those are two different things.
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To be honest I think most of the joy for me is watching Evolution overcome adversity.
I like competition, and I like winning. But when I'm not the one competing, I have to have an emotional investment in order to care if my team wins. Otherwise, what's the point? It's not evolution - which is a term I object to in general- overcoming adversity, for me, especially in this case. Again, it's about competition.
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I would honestly say that most of the people on these message boards and most fans in general go a little too far.
As far as message boards go, in some of the things people say, yes, I would agree with that. Most people on message boards are too young to have experienced any real life struggles to ground them, emotionally. That's part of growing up. Some never grow up, unfortunately, but that's another subject for another time.
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Their identity starts become intertwined and they start doing things like swearing off watching football all together because someone made a statement that they don't like and they feel especially disappointed and something for emotional reasons.
I connect this to what I just said above. I don't think people mean it when they say they won't watch again because of a loss.
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I don't know how you got that I was painting everyone with a broad brush.
Because, again, you replied to someone talking about how they weren't as emotionally invested right now, and you seemed to equate emotional investment with emotional identity. And by doing so, it paints the vast majority of people as being the type of person who can't get over a loss, and lets their team affect their lives adversely. Because MOST fans, myself included, are very much emotionally invested. We grow up watching our home state team with our parents and siblings, and so on, and it becomes a special thing to us that forms a connection with the team we pull for. But most people, I think, know how to turn it off when the game is over. Reading a message board is, of course, never going to give an accurate picture of that reality.
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being in a ship mood for a week because your team lost is dumb just like it's dumb if you find out they have different political beliefs than you. Get where I'm going with this?
I agree about if your team loses, and I can even agree about finding out they have different politics. It's when those politics infiltrate the sport, itself, and they start shoving things I don't believe in down my throat, that I won't watch. I've quit the NFL because of that. So far, though I am aware that some college teams, including LSU, have players who believe things that I think are bogus, they have not brought it to the field. I hope it stays that way.
This post was edited on 9/15/20 at 12:17 am
Posted on 9/15/20 at 2:58 am to Tigerpride18
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Why doesn't it feel like a real season to yall?
You serious, Clark?
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TL;DR this season will feel normal once
Posted on 9/15/20 at 7:36 am to memphis tiger
Get a grip fellas. We were one dick hair away from not having any games at all. Enjoy it, it’s okay.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:32 am to TrueTigerTale
This season has been mangled beyond recognition.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:32 am to TrueTigerTale
Bout like diarrhea
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:34 am to atltiger6487
Awesome Babee!
Can't wait to tee it up vs Ms State.
Can't wait to tee it up vs Ms State.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:42 am to vjp819
quote:it won't end in November. The genie is out of the bottle, and can't be put back in. The players know that Goodell caved and they now have power, and they won't give that up - ever.
There has been to much political input into sports this year, and it's the root of a lot of the loss of interest. I hope all of that ends in November with the election.
Not to be hyperbolic, but I believe it's the beginning of a decline for pro sports (which I really don't follow anyway) because fans don't want to have political/social viewpoints shoved down their throat during an entertainment event.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 8:51 am to TrueTigerTale
I think we will go 8-2, and a major bowl. 7-3 worst scenario, with 9-1 being the best outcome. What you say?
Posted on 9/15/20 at 9:04 am to TrueTigerTale
I’m treating it like a mulligan. It’s not a “ real “ season, it’s a season dictated by people who don’t necessarily care about cfb, in an environment where quitting, opting out, not being all in has been normalized. I expect one or two teams to own the season and a bunch of mediocrity after that.
That said, anytime the Tigers hit the field I’ll be excited. I’m just not judging the results like a normal season. There are too many things beyond the coaches control.
That said, anytime the Tigers hit the field I’ll be excited. I’m just not judging the results like a normal season. There are too many things beyond the coaches control.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 10:08 am to Lsupimp
[quote]I’m treating it like a mulligan. It’s not a “ real “ season /quote]
It's as real if not more than LSU's championship season in 1958. This is a ten-game regular season as was that one, with the added competition of a playoff.
It's as real if not more than LSU's championship season in 1958. This is a ten-game regular season as was that one, with the added competition of a playoff.
Posted on 9/15/20 at 10:19 am to TrueTigerTale
This has been the most fuked up year that i have ever seen and I have seen 65 of them. Not the same excitement as previous years. Glad we can hang our hat on last year for sure. With the virus and the delay of the season, it has put a damper on my excitement. Not to mention if this years champion will even be recognized. But i am sure that when we kickoff on the 26th most of that excitement will return. 
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